36o JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



foaled the same year as Ladas. I rated the son 

 of St. Simon a good horse, but his rival was 

 a better one. It was on June 5, 1893, that 

 I tried Matchbox for the first time, with the 

 appended result: 



Five Furlongf 



Rusina, 3 yrs., 9 st. 2 lb. . . . Cannon i 



Belle Winnie, 3 yrs., 9 st. 2 lb. . . . . 2 



Matchbox, 2 yrs., 8 st. 9 lb. . . Moreton 3 

 Fragosa, 2 yrs., 8 st. 6 lb. . . . . . 4 



Won by half a length ; two lengths between second 

 and third. 



Three days previously, at Epsom, Rusina won 

 a Mile Handicap, and was then bought by Sir 

 Frederick Johnstone for 260 guineas. A month 

 later Matchbox was tried again as follows: 



Five Furlongs 



Matchbox, 2 yrs., 9 st. . . . G. Chaloner i 

 Belle Winnie, 3 yrs., 9 st. 7 lb. . . R. Chaloner 2 

 Throstle, 2 yrs., 8 st. 1 1 lb. . . . Viney 3 



Won by a neck ; four lengths between second and third. 



Throstle, I may say here, had taken part in a 

 trial a week before this, to be beaten by the 

 two-year-old Legal Tender (to whom she was 

 giving 7 lb.) and by the three-year-olds Belle 

 Winnie and Rusina, both conceding her a stone. 

 On July 14, at Sandown Park, Matchbox 

 made his first appearance on the Turf in the race 



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